Re: [gentoo-user] root-nfs question

[Sascha Hlusiak <saschahlusiak@arcor.de>]

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Hi,

> rpcbind: server 192.168.2.1 not responding, timed out
> Root-NFS: Unable to get nfsd port number from server, using default
> Looking up port of RPC 100005/1 on 192.168.2.1
> rpcbind: server 192.168.2.1 not responding, timed out
> Root-NFS: Unable to get mountd port number from server, using default
> Root-NFS: Server returned error -5 while mounting /diskless/192.168.2.11
> VFS: Unable to mount root fs via NFS, tryi9ng floppy.
> VFS: Cannot open root device "nfs" or unknown-block(2,0)
> Kernel Panic - not syncing: VFS unable to mount root fs on unknown-
> block(2,0)
>
> Both client and server have root nfs turned on it their respective
> kernel.
Make sure the client also has CONFIG_IP_PNP_DHCP=y and the necessary NIC 
drivers compiled in (not as module).

> pxelinux.cfg is this:
>
> DEFAULT /kernel8
> APPEND root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=192.168.2.1:/diskless/192.168.2.11
> init=sbin/init
Add ip=dhcp to APPEND so that the kernel does DHCP again for an IP. Otherwise 
it might not be connected to the network when it boots and be unable to reach 
the NFS server.


Greetings,
Sascha


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